Chapter 704: The North Wind and the Sun
A flash of lightning split the dusky night sky, and golden snakes danced wildly in the thick dark clouds. In an instant, heavy rain fell.
On an island in the south, a woman in a gray linen gown stood under a tree, raised her wide hat brim and looked up at the magnificent scenery that occasionally appeared in the gaps between the dark clouds in the sky. The silver and gold crown was as glorious as a palace in the sky.
The battle between the sun and the moon caused the climate of this planet to be abnormal. A large amount of water vapor evaporated under the intense sunlight, and then poured down after it was cold, forming a very wide rainstorm.
In space, Tilan was in the huge clock face burning with silver fire. The scales representing the twelve phases of the moon beside her were like a revolving lantern. Countless fine silver light sands emerged in the void. They surrounded the entire clock face like silver mist, making it difficult for the outside world to see the scene clearly.
On the other side, Celitia launched another attack. Six huge fireballs gradually formed beside her. Each of these fireballs burning with boiling golden flames had a diameter of nearly 100 kilometers. They intertwined with each other, and countless complex patterns were imprinted in them, and then they continued to converge the surrounding flames and heat.
After a few breaths, these fireballs burst into dazzling light, and then a golden carriage rushed out from one of the fireballs. There were six horses pulling the carriage. They raised their heads, stepped on the flames, and their golden manes were like undulating waves.
Secondly, a huge golden harp flew out from the flames. The strings made of gold thread moved automatically without anyone. The spreading ripples dispelled the dark clouds and fog, making the earth clear, and everything in the moon crown was exposed.
After that, a holy golden long sword shot out from the light. The sword body was burned by the fire of the sun, leaving a nearly eternal floral decoration. The shape was beautiful, like the most noble and beautiful work of art.
Then, a huge round shield with a golden flame bird appeared from the firelight. Its surface was covered with silver and gold, reflecting the sight like a mirror.
Soon, a dazzling golden bow fell from the flames and hovered in front of Celitia. The bow was engraved with poetry with fine textures.
Finally, the gorgeous divine fire condensed and formed three sharp arrows. Each arrow was as sharp as an eagle's eyes, and fell beside the golden bow.
Six suns, six divine objects, surrounded Celitia at this moment, emitting different strange powers. When the six objects gathered together, they vibrated and hummed, and the sound of metal and iron resounded.
At this time, Celitia put on the bow with one hand and drew the arrow with the other. When the arrow was aimed at the figure in the Moon Crown, a dangerous chill rose in Tilan's heart. She understood that this was a warning from the Moon Crown, a prediction of possible death in the future.
This is really difficult...
Facing Celitia who used all her divine power, Tilan felt a wave of pressure. The Moon Crown she raised was not like the Sun Crown, which had almost infinite magic power. It was no wonder that there was always a dark sun and no dark moon in the past dynasties. After all, the advantages of the Sun Crown were too obvious.
However, she was not completely without countermeasures at this time. Her
blue and deep purple eyes were slightly closed, and she opened her hands. Soon, the still moon phase clock behind her began to rotate, and the invisible sound of the bell resounded throughout the earth, making every creature who heard it feel nervous and trembling.
In an instant, Celitia's bowstring was loosened, and the three sharp eagle-eye arrows shot out in an instant, turning into dazzling streams of light that penetrated the Moon Crown and penetrated directly into it. According to the visual afterimage and psychological expectations, these three arrows should directly penetrate the body of the girl carrying the Moon Crown, but the actual situation surprised the onlookers.
Almost at the moment when the three arrows were shot, Tilan opened her eyes. The three arrows were also fixed in front of her, touched by her fingers. The three golden arrows turned into scattered golden threads, passed by the girl's side, and then disappeared. The whole process was like time suddenly slowed down, and then resumed again. The girl of the Moon Crown also resolved this attack at the lowest cost.
Celitia was mentally prepared for the ineffectiveness of the bow and arrow. If it was so easy to kill the girl in front of her, it would be beyond her expectation.
She threw down the golden bow in her hand, turning it into a stream of light to shatter the outer periphery of the Moon Crown. Then the golden chariot stepped in. Under the drag of the six strong war horses, it continued to smash the silver ring walls along the way and rushed into the Moon Crown. Then the golden harp, long sword, and round shield followed closely.
The ripples from the harp shattered the stagnant time and space, the force field spread by the round shield made the silver fire shot at the chariot bounce away, and the long sword shattered the isolating barrier, causing the chariot to tear through the defense of the Moon Crown, break through the layers of protection, and enter it.
When the chariot tore through the last layer of protection and entered the innermost layer of the Moon Crown, the silver moon bell was right in front of it, the warhorse neighed, and the golden chariot continued to accelerate and gallop, rushing towards the seemingly weak girl in front of the clock face.
However, when it really touched the quiet floating figure, layers of silver ripples spread in space, and the whole chariot seemed to crash into the silver lake and fell down.
In the silver lake, right in front of the golden chariot, an identical silver chariot was also galloping towards it, with a harp, a long sword, and a round shield on the chariot.
The two were like a needle against a wheat spike, lined up in a straight line, galloping towards each other, the galloping warhorse was equally agile, and the galloping chariot was burning with the same blazing flames.
Then, the two collided, the horses were crushed by each other, and the chariots also collided and scattered into countless fragments, the burning flames and firelight intertwined, and it was difficult to distinguish one from the other.
After a few breaths, everything settled down, and only bursts of golden rain fell from the sky, and under the spreading ripples of moonlight, the damaged Moon Crown returned to its original state.
Looking at this scene, Celitia frowned for the first time.
Although the result was that the two chariots shattered and offset each other, she found that the power of the Moon Crown did not lose much, that is, the other chariot in the silver lake was actually the golden chariot itself, but under the extraordinary and special ability of the Moon Crown, it was offset and destroyed by its own tyrannical power.
Yes, the Moon Crown does not have the eternal power of the Sun Crown, but as the origin of magic and mysticism in many myths, the Moon also has various magical powers that the Sun cannot reach, distorting time and space, reversing time, changing reality and illusion, moving illusions, etc. These strange abilities make the power of the Moon Crown always unpredictable.
After that, Celitia tried many ways of attack, but the results were similar every time, and Tilan easily resolved them. As Tilan became more familiar with the Moon Crown, Celitia began to feel a sense of pressure.
The Sun Crown had great power, but the Moon Crown on the other side was also ever-changing. No matter how powerful the power and attack were, as long as it could not hit or could not reach the opponent's body, it would only be a waste.
Once again, the brilliant Sunlight Spear shot through the Moon Crown, and after the light spear dissipated, the Moon Crown healed like water, still shining and flawless.
The battle entered a stalemate. Celitia could not destroy the Moon Crown, and the Moon Crown's power could not tear apart the powerful Sun Crown.
The two passed each other again, and the edges of the two crowns shattered each other. The golden flame and the silver fire shattered and turned into scattered light rain meteors, falling into the planet below.
Unable to delay any longer, Celitia decided to change her target. The entire Sun Crown boiled and burned again. Under its traction and manipulation of power, the central star of this galaxy erupted with violent fluctuations, and then the huge energy raised inside the star turned into a violent solar wind that swept the entire galaxy.
Colorless high-energy particles crossed the sea of stars and reached the surface of the planet a few minutes later. The violent high-energy particles tore through the planet's geomagnetic protection and poured onto the surface of the planet, causing the atoms in the atmosphere to be excited and ionized. Thousands of auroras also covered the entire sun-facing side of the planet like a curtain.
But this was just the beginning. As the solar wind became more and more intense, all living things exposed to it were like receiving radiation. The cell gene chains in the body were torn and destroyed, and death was only a matter of time.
Such an attack would not only cut off the foundation of the Moon Crown, but even the Silver Wings would suffer a lot of blows, like killing 10,000 enemies and injuring 3,000 of their own. However, Celitia believed that the Silver Wings would be more resilient than other species, and as the followers of the Sun Crown, they would be more adaptable to the impact of such high-energy particles.
Tilan had no good way to deal with this broad-spectrum attack that did not distinguish between enemies and friends. She could only use the power of the Moon Crown to make a large amount of solar wind deviate from its trajectory and pass through the side of the planet, reducing the number of particles that directly washed the surface of the planet.
The sun was blazing, the north wind was blowing, and the high temperature and cold wind intertwined on the surface of the planet. This confrontation further disrupted the climate of the entire planet, and countless creatures on the ground had to find a place to hide. Only a few powerful extraordinary people could still watch the battle between the sun and the moon from afar under the sky.
Time passed by, and the brilliant light shone on the planet. Even with the full traction of the Moon Crown, there were still many high-energy particles in the solar wind pouring down on the planet, destroying the living intelligent creatures on it.
The situation began to turn towards the sun step by step, and the crown in the space became more and more brilliant and shining, emitting an irresistible power.
Just when Celitia thought that this battle would end with her victory, a series of dazzling jets came across the sea of stars and shattered the brilliant golden crown.
That was...
her attention finally shifted away from this planet and turned to the dark sea of stars in the distance.
Mighty and solemn warships were lined up in the starry sky. There were thousands of them, arranged in an extremely neat diamond shape. The magnificent central axis main gun still had residual light, and the cold gray hull moved forward towards the sun's light.
The sun's light is indeed magnificent, but this fleet is even larger. They keep shuttling out from the dark triangular space-time crack.
Thousands...
tens of thousands...
One hundred thousand...
one million...
the endless fleet spread across the sea of stars, like a huge shadow, slowly covering the brilliance of the star.
"Report, the Fourth Fleet has now arrived at the Ophiuchus Σ-7561 star system. The fleet is deploying. It has now locked onto the target, the pitch-black sun, and has begun to blockade the entire star system. It is about to activate the Star Killer Light Spear, and three 'God-like Machines' are already in place."
In the fleet's Titan flagship, a general was standing in the bridge, staring at the Sun Crown on the surface of the planet.
"Is that the pitch-black sun that triggered the crisis signal? I didn't expect to see it in my lifetime."
"In addition to the unknown pitch-black sun, there is another 'Moon Crown' that fights against it." Someone looked at the scene zoomed in on the display in amazement.
"Did the Golden Flame Flower Cathedral inform you of the situation of this other God Crown before?" Marshal Weiss, the commander-in-chief, stood up and stared at the silver crown.
"No, but there are many priests accompanying the fleet, they should know." An officer answered soon.
At this time, many people in the bridge turned their eyes to the other side, where hundreds of high-ranking priests in white robes with gold leaves stood. They were the people who swore to protect Isenissa's last wish, and they were also the ones in the Federation who were specifically responsible for dealing with the dark sun and assisting the singer.
"That should be..." One of the elderly high-ranking priests looked at the brilliant Moon Crown with some disbelief in his eyes.
"You guys zoom in on the figure in the Moon Crown, quickly!" Under his urging, everyone soon saw the vague figure of the girl on the huge screen.
When everyone saw her appearance clearly, the other party seemed to have noticed the same thing and nodded slightly to the camera.
"You are here." The voice was clear and slightly familiar, and it sounded in the minds of the officers in the entire bridge.
Such a special scene surprised the generals and soldiers present. Even though many people had some psychological preparation when they set out, they were still shocked by the turbulent waves in their hearts and could not speak at this time.
"That's the singer Heshia Tilan. How could she be here? She even raised the Moon Crown. Could it be that she..." Everyone was suspicious.
In fact, the ability of the singer and the dark sun are the same. If they insist on falling, they will even be more powerful than the ordinary dark sun.
"No, she didn't fall. It's still the manifestation of the singer's power. It's just that her talent is too terrifying. She can condense and raise the crown with only the few life consciousness on this planet." Finally, the priests of the Golden Flame Flower Cathedral made their judgment, which relieved the generals present.
But soon, they realized something. If Heshia only relied on such a small number of sparse and mixed intelligent creatures on this planet to condense the crown, then her true strength... Thinking of this, they were in a state of excitement again.
I'm afraid that today they will witness the change of history. The third color-level singer of the Federation is about to be born, and every appearance of a color-level singer also means that the entire Federation will usher in a huge change again.
Thinking of this, even the usually calm Marshal Weiss's fingers trembled a little. He held the back of the chair beside him, his steel-like fingers embedded in it, relieving his inner emotions.
After a long time, he took a deep breath.
"Begin, shoot down the dark sun in the sky."
"Yes!"
Then the entire fleet, the countless magnificent warships began to aim their main guns at the sun crown outside the distant planet, and then the central axis main gun began to charge...
In the space outside the lost planet, Celitia was in the glorious sun crown, looking unexpectedly at the hostile warships in the distance. The main guns that were gradually charging emitted a dangerous atmosphere that affected the entire star system. If they fired at the same time, they might be able to penetrate the entire planet.
Facing the fleet that was arranged in a strict and murderous manner, even Celitia felt an instinctive panic. Even though she had become a god, she still felt an unstoppable fear of death.
She tried to move to avoid the main guns of the warships that were gradually lit up, but as the fourth fleet that was executing the godslayer order, how could there be no contingency plan.
Six transparent and dark red light spears were fired first. They came around the burning sun crown in an instant and penetrated it. Such an attack was not enough to kill the already rising sun crown, but the space-time turbulence left by the penetration caused the entire space to distort and deform, making it difficult for Celitia to move quickly.
Seeing that she would not be able to avoid the fleet's beam main gun torrent, Celitia once again used all her strength to drive the sun crown, and the solar wind that swept the star system also rose again, washing towards the battleship cluster.
"Whether you are the remnants of the Mechanical Council or the followers of the Holy Sun, you can't stop me." She closed her eyes, and the golden ring above her head spread layer by layer. The invisible golden ripples spread in space, then twisted and condensed, forming a larger golden vortex, constantly sucking in the Aekka particles, and gradually rising into the Sea of Aekka.
The violent solar wind that had been invincible before did not interfere with and destroy the huge fleet in space as Celitia expected. The blue shield force field wrapped around the ship, making it intact under the impact of the solar wind. Then the central axis main gun of the Titan flagship in the center lit up, and the crimson light spear spanned hundreds of millions of kilometers, directly shattering the sun crown that was rising into the Sea of Ekaka, interrupting its progress.
Then, the entire fleet phalanx shone with light, and the brilliant jet flooded the star sea, brushed the surface of the planet, crushed and destroyed the golden sun step by step, until the core part was completely shattered and submerged by the magnificent light flow.
After a few minutes, the light flow that illuminated the entire planet dimmed, and only a few broken golden flames remained at the original position of the sun crown.
Such a powerful black sun was destroyed in an instant, leaving no trace of residue.
Looking at the scene at the end of the field of vision, Tilan slowly closed her eyes, her lips moved slightly, but in the end she didn't say anything.
A little sad, regretful, and a little sad.
All the glory was fleeting, like a dream.
In the end, she still failed to save Celitia. Perhaps this result was doomed the moment she raised the Sun Crown.
The Federation would not sit idly by, and even though she was a singer, she could not face the questioning of the entire Federation to plead for a dark sun. This was the absolute inverse scale and prohibition of the Rose Federation. It was an unforgettable lesson that had been exchanged for an era.
If there was still time at that time, it would be great if she could talk to Celitia and tell her that the "best" and "perfect" race did not exist from the beginning, and the so-called best race was not the answer. Unfortunately, it would take a very long time for her to understand this sentence.
The small paper boat made in the basin is very light and beautiful, but once it reaches the real sea, such a paper boat will break at the touch.
The Silver Wings have been isolated on this planet for too long. The total number of their race is only 200-300 million. They are far from understanding what the galactic civilization with tens of trillions of people is like. The so-called "excellence" only applies to single conditions and a small range. For the galactic civilization, the pursuit of one-sided excellence is not necessary, and it is even wrong.
The road ahead is always unknown, and more perspectives are always needed to understand and explore this world.
More cognition and more thinking will bring closer to the truth.
Progress in exchange for destroying the weak and diversity is like a gradually tightening rope, which will one day lock the future.
The shade of the forest with birds and moths will be more moving than the empty sky. The world is colorful because of its diversity, not single beauty.
Advanced civilization should be like a gorgeous long scroll, with more colorful and vibrant future possibilities, rather than being bound by a single evaluation system.
(End of this chapter)
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